I'd say that the biggest problem is not the initial training. Sometimes there has been inadequate practical training to a certain extent, but the biggest issue for immigrants whose training is recognized is the fact that they have no work experience in Canada. Also, social services in Canada, as in the United States or anywhere else in the world, differ from place to place. So, their acculturation to problems experienced here, to the needs of the people they deal with and to ways of responding to them is more difficult. That is why we are proposing paid practicums to allow people to gain work experience in Canada by delivering social services, but in accordance with Canadian law.
On October 27th, 2011. See this statement in context.